Note: This one is short. I really appreciate any comments or opinions y'all may have. This is my first fanfiction, and I'm having a blast writing it.
They were still in the hallway. As Kara absently walked back to the couch, all she could think about was what Lena and Alex were still doing in the hallway. She couldn't bring herself to use her super hearing. What if she heard something that she could never un-hear.
J'onn stood cradling an inebriated Winn in his arms. "Agent Shot seems to be quite intoxicated. I'm going to fly him home because last time he puked in the Uber, and they charged me to clean the vehicle."
"I love it when you call me Agent Shot" Winn slurred. "Up up and away!!" Winn enthusiastically threw his right fist into the air signifying he was ready for their departure.
J'onn rolled his eyes, but couldn't hide his smirk and obvious affection for the lovable Winn. J'onn could sense Kara's drastic mood change and thought she may need some time to herself. "We'll go out through the balcony. Goodnight Kara." With a nod and a wink, J'onn and Winn were off into the night sky leaving Kara with her erratic thoughts and emotions.
Kara began nervously cleaning up the remnants of the night unsuccessfully trying to busy her mind.
Alex entered the apartment what seemed like an eternity later with a smile on her face. "Did J'onn fly drunk Winn home? He was pissed last time Winn puked in the car. The next day he made him put on the defense training suit, so I could 'practice' my strikes as punishment." Alex laughed to herself at the memory.
Kara ignored her sister and blurted "Maggie didn't want to come in?"
"I wasn't out there with Maggie. It was Lena." Alex treaded softly assuming by her outburst Kara already knew it was Lena. "She was going to join us, but decided to head home and get some sleep. She said she would call you tomorrow."
Why would she come here and then decide to go home? Has this been going on for a while and was Kara really that dense not to notice? Is this what Alex and Maggie are fighting about? Did Alex have an affair with Lena?? Maybe Kara couldn't read Lena like she thought, and missed some signs. The questions were overflowing Kara's mind and they were about to bubble over. Her body was going into overdrive trying to keep up with her racing mind and the room seemed to shrink around her.
"Kar do you mind if I crash on your couch? I still haven't quite found the right words for Maggie yet."
"Sure, of course, the couch would be lucky to have you sleep on it. I'm happy for the couch. You're great and everyone loves you! I'm going to check over the city before bed." Kara half yelled at Alex, her voice laced with confusion and hurt. With that Kara swiftly changed and flew from the apartment.
Alex walked to the couch slowly processing the words Kara just threw at her. Alex knew her sister well enough to know that comment was fueled by jealousy. When it came to Lena, the possibilities of Kara's emotions running wild were high. Alex decided to leave her baby sister to stew, and hopefully it would bring her closer to making her move.
Around 1 AM...
Alex woke abruptly from her sleep at the swift noise. It sounded like a knock on the door but it could be Kara getting home from patrolling the city. "Kar?" No answer.
Alex walked toward the door slowly, and saw the paper sitting just inside the apartment on the floor. She picked up the paper, typed in bold letters:
Meet me tomorrow in National City Park at 3pm and find out how you can get Lena Luthor back alive. I'm beary excited to see you.
"What the hell?" Alex asked no one. Is this a joke? Alex moved quickly back to the couch and grabbed her phone. She hit Lena's contact and waited. It rang twice and went to voicemail. The call had been rejected. A second later, a text came through from Lena. Alex felt instant relief, but her blood ran cold as she read the text.
I see you got my note. Do not try to contact Ms.Luthor again or I will kill her.
A picture followed, Lena looked to be unconscious, with a trail of dried blood running down her left temple. She was wearing the navy blue dress she left in earlier which meant she probably never made it home.
Alex called Kara. Kara annswered on the first ring "Hey, are you okay?"
"Get back to the apartment now, it's Lena." Not 15 seconds later Kara flew through the balcony door with a face of terror.
Alex handed Kara the note, and then showed her the text and picture explaining the events of the last 5 minutes.
Kara fell apart when she saw Lena's face with blood covering her temple. Tears started to well up as she felt helpless for a second, and then the anger rolled in resulting in her putting her foot through the coffee tables dense wooden top. "I'm beary excited to see you? This is just what we need, some psycho who thinks he's 5 or a bear to have Lena."
"We'll leave in 3 minutes to check out Lena's apartment. You take a second to gather yourself." Alex put her hand on Kara's shoulder. "We'll get her back Kara. And Lena is a badass, I wouldn't be surprised if she takes this guy down before we find her."